Last December, together we welcomed the long-awaited enactment of the Renewable Energy (RE) Law, signaling that the Philippines is on track towards ensuring a sustainable future powered by renewable energy.
Unfortunately, a dangerous specter is hanging over the successful deployment of renewable energy in the country - the nuclear energy industry and its false claims, has swayed some of our congressmen who have begun talking of waking up a demon from the past, the Bataan Nuclear power plant (BNPP).
Nuclear energy is as dangerous and as expensive as it was two decades ago. The Bataan site is as vulnerable to seismic shifts as it was two decades ago. And no, Nuclear energy does not in any way address the issue of climate change or energy security.
But despite mounting opposition (again!) from people and cautionary notices from experts, these 'nuclear' congressmen are pushing the Congress to vote on the revival of the BNPP, before it closes in the first week of June.
We need to act now!
On the 23rd and 24th of May, Greenpeace is staging a bicycle rally that will start in Morong, Bataan, the site of the mothballed BNPP and collect messages of opposition of opposition to BNPP to deliver to Congress on May 25th.
We need as many voices as possible to remind the Philippine Congress that they are accountable to us. That is why we need you to sign NOW and support this important message!
We don't want nuclear power! We want renewable energy!
visit
http://www.greenpeace.org.ph/bnppAfter signing up please forward this message to all your friends as well
